GO FOR A SWIM ( PART 2 )
Peter led the party to the West Woods where the ' Pond of Confessions ' was supposed to be located . Susan and Lucy rode on one horse while Edmund and Peter on two seperate horses. It was a fine day which was quickly turning to a night. The horses moved fast but steady. Peter had left Cair Paravel under the responsiblity of Glenstorm because Peter had great trust in him. As they moved along , the woods got quieter and quieter and neither of the Kings or Queens had the energy to strike up a conversation. They hadn't brought any guards because the job was harmless . But the Kings and Queens of Narnia were in for something they wouldn't have even imagined. What could they imagine , they were already in a magical land of talking animals and unstationary trees. Their imagination seemed so pathetic before the events that had unfolded in the past few years of their reign and even before that.
" Are we there yet ? We've been riding for hours now ! " Lucy said tiredly as they moved along toward a clearing.
" I think we might be there , just a few more minutes , Lucy " Peter replied , looking ahead towards the clearing .
" Its not like we can miss it , its the pond of confessions , it sounds so grand we should be able to spot it. " Edmund said , emphasizing on the the name of the pond.
Peter and Susan gave Edmund tiring looks while Lucy giggled and petted her horse.
" I think we should stop here and leave our horses " Peter said . " Go on foot from here , I think I see something , maybe its the pond. "
Everybody agreed and they set off , they walked a good two miles before they reached the deserted pond. It was a bit bigger for pond but it wasn't that deep. Maybe 20 feet . Peter signalled everyone to stop and he went forward to examine it. It surely was an odd green color but it seemed clean enough. There were a few fishes swimming in the pond and a couple of tadpoles. Sensing no danger , Edmund stepped forward and dipped his hand in the cool water of the pond , he went still for a fraction of a second. Susan noticed this and asked ,
" What is it , Edmund ? Is it too cold ? "
" No, its just that , it doesn't feel like Water . Its a tad thicker. " Edmund said , trying to make sense of his own words.
Peter stepped up and also dipped his hand . Edmund was right , the liquid was thicker. Lucy was curious and dragged Susan forward to get a better look at it. They were all around the pond now , mesmirized by the green glow it gave off. It was peaceful, there was no other sound other than of the wind.
" I don't deserve to rule . " Peter said , his eyes glassy and focused on the Pond. " I'm just a normal British man , I can't do this ."
" What are you saying , Pe- " Susan was cut off by Edmund.
" I will never know how to look a Narnian in the eye without thinking of my betrayal to Narnia. Nobody, who knows who I am, will ever care about me . " Edmund said. He said this because he'd never told anyone about this before and wasn't entirely sure why he was. It was like he couldn't control his thoughts , mind and mouth .
" I want to be desired ! " Lucy said in a shaky voice.
Susan wasn't sure of the situation. She knew something was up but couldn't put a finger on it. It was one of those frustrating times when she tried to make sense of unexplainable things . When her brain told her ' This isn't possible ' while her heart told her to go with it and ' let it go ' . Basically , Susan was having an Elsa-Attack , which is defined as ,
" Thoughts that make you doubt yourself Or freeze everything around you. "
But with Susan it was the former.
" There has to be a LOGICAL EXPLANATION ! " Susan thought she had screamed in her head , but when all three of her siblings looked back at her , confused , she realized there was some queer magic at work.
" Let's get out of here " Edmund said. After everybody's outbursts , he wasn't exactly comfortable.
Everybody shifted backward but Lucy stopped.
" Wait , you guys , look ! " She said. She was looking at the pond . Peter moved forward to pull Lucy back but he saw it too. Inside the green pond was something blue . Scratch that , it was not a thing ... it was just there , it was part of the pond. If the Pond was a green cocktail , the bottom of it would be a glittering blue. Susan and Edmund also looked , and that's when Edmund said ,
" This is the strangest thing I've seen , and that's saying something . " He shook his head and continued to stare at the bottom of the pond.
" I don't think its a thing... " Peter said warily before diving face-first into the liquid of the Pond.
" Peter ! What - " Edmund started but instead pulled off his uncomfortable tunic and dived after Peter.
Lucy and Susan stood on the edge of the pond , puzzelled. And when they peeked into the pond , there were no signs of Edmund or Peter . Immediately Lucy knew this was some kind of a calling , Aslan's calling. She grabbed Susan's hand , took a big breath and in she went in the pond with a horrified Susan.
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I didn't have the time or obstacle to hide behind when a .. thing , yes that's appropriate , a thing , splashed out of the water gasping for air . It looked like a human , but I'm not taking any chances after the sickening noises I've been hearing . The Human-thingy splashed about and then surfaced on the black ground. After it cames a human , I was sure its a human because I can see its skin and its like how human-skin is supposed to be but alot paler. It must be a white-person. It turns out that the human-thingy is human too , its wearing clothes . ( weird ones, I must add ) . And both of them are Male . Next , surface two girls , a younger and an older one. They seemed quite normal but their dresses were a bit strange . They all had reached the black ground and were just laying there resting. I suppose it was so dark that they couldn't see me , I was about 5 feet away from them . Just observing them. Then I felt like a stalker and a creep so I decided that if they acted normal , I'd introduce myself and If not , then I'll kill them .. with my .. uh .. IPOD ?
The shirtless guy coughed up some water and the clothed blond guy patted his back . The two girls were drying their hair with their hands and sorting their dresses. Assuming they were normal , why were they so calm ? I mean , I lost my mind the first few hours and then decided that its best to stay by the Blue, shiny Pond. And I know its been hours because my watch's still working , miraculously . After the group had sorted themselves out , they whispered among themselves . Which I found mildly uncomfortable. I shifted from my position because I was getting kind of sore.
" Who goes there ?! " the shirtless guy shouted so suddenly that I fell back on my bottom . I recovered myself and scooted a few feet away . The guy got up and took something out of his waist-belt which I hadn't noticed before. It seemed to be made out of leather.
" Edmund , you brought the torch ? " the older girl asked .
" I always keep my Torch , its the only thing I've got from England " The shirtless guy called Edmund said.
Did he just say England ? THE England ? As in , the England on the earth's map ? I thought I'd found four creatures from Earth , and it was my lucky day ( night ? ) , they were humans ! But I was still suspicious and decided to eavesdrop , it's not like I'm on earth and have to follow it's stupid rules like ' Eavesdropping is a bad habit ' . Screw anybody who think it is , we're talking about life and death here. And torches.
" I think there's something there. " Edmund said , hitting the torch on the palm of his hand several times. The torch flickered a few moments but it came to life.
" Let's look then " the blonde guy said . The two girls just looked so scared they just murmured agreements. I panicked and got up to look around if there was something to hide behind. There was nothing , just blackness
all around. Crap ! Just as I was starting to like this hell-hole with all the ' No earth , no rules ' thing , this happened. Then a thought stroke me , I can be whoever I want to be , Not Riva , the girl who was fed up with life , not Riva who was a goody-two-shoes at school and definitely not the Riva who once had to clean a cat's smelly vomit. Nobody has to know that. I can be whoever I want to be , but who am I ?
As I was thinking all this and looking frantically for a place to hide , I felt the light on the back of my neck and I turned around and it hit my eyes. I winced. I was completely out of ideas , because the torch incident caught me off-guard. Literally , because I was planning to just eavesdrop and then when the time's right , go around in the darkness and politely ( or rudely ) ask one of the girls
" What are you doing in my territory ? " So that I sound like the Queen of the Black and blue place and then they'd think I was supreme and they'd help me get out of this mess and that way I could've known how it feels like to dominate someone else , and would've gotten free company. I thought I was badly in need of some.
I'm not Evil.
Yet.
But the half-naked guy had to ruin my beautiful plan and I was just standing there a burning sensation in my eyes from the torch's light and cursing the guy for having a Torch.
" Who are you ? " Edmund asked suspiciously . He lowered the flashlight a bit so that it wasn't on my eyes , but on my breasts , which wasn't helping my situation . I felt so awkward I took a few steps forward , alerting the blond guy and causing him to jump 2 feet in the black air.
" Stay there ! " Edmund bellowed . " Identify yourself "
I thought and thought of a cool name for myself but failed miserably .
" Riva , my name's Riva . " I admitted to him. Edmund looked over to the blond guy , who nodded. And slowly but suspiciously , Edmund lowered his flashlight like it was a weapon. And then I realized I was holding my both hands up as if I was being caught for doing a crime. With a sour face I lowered my hands and looked over to the four people ahead of me. I already knew that the shirtless and dark haired guy was Edmund and the blod guy was his older friend or something. The older girl was dark-haired like Edmund and the younger one had light brown hair and wore a light green dress which was a bit dirty from the black stuff and the water. Edmund cleared his throat and I realized I'd been staring at the younger girl too long and she looked uncomfortable. I quickly snapped out of my observations and made way to Introduce myself. I took a few stepts towards the girls, side-stepping Edmund.
" I don't know how exactly I got here , its a long story . But you people act like you know this place or know how to deal with the fact that you're not on Earth anymore. Or are you wizards and you know how to apparate illegally. I don't know , but this place is just plain horrifying , I've been hearing odd voices and screams and those aren't just from my head . " I tried to explain to them the best I could,
They just looked at me blankly .
" We're not from earth , we're from Narnia . " The younger girl said. Narnia ? Is that a planet ? no , definitely not . Oh dear this keeps getting more complicated. More than any Avril Lavigne song .
" Is it a place like this one ? " I asked her.
" No , its a place where animals talk , trees move and a lion rules . " Edmund said from behind me. He walked towards me and came and stood beside me. His naked aura was making me uncomfortable so I moved towards the blonde guy. Edmund seemed to notice and backed away.
Oh , I've heard about those places , in books and movies and small-scale movies. Basically , I never paid attention to any thing fiction because I never got a break from the crap that I had to deal with from the real world. And I believed Edmund because it was the sane thing to do. Argument would result in nothing but doubt and I'd rather beileve some old myth rather than be in constant fear of physcos .
" oh-Kay .. good for you. But where are we ? " I asked looking at the ground.
" We haven't yet figured out " , The blonde guy finally spoke. He ran a hand through his hair and pouted.
" Right , so , who are you people ? " I asked , annoyed. I finally meet , not one , but FOUR people and still have no idea about this place. I'm not liking it here at all.
" The kings and Queens of Narnia " , the older girl said . But after realizing how stupid she sounded, she said " I'm sorry , I'm Susan and this is Lucy " pointing at the younger girl who offered me a small smile but I just raised an eye-brow at her.
" - and this is Ed- " she continued but I cut her off.
" Edmund , yes , yes , I know . " I said.
" And I'm Peter . " The blonde guy said. Susan looked at me with puzzlement . I felt a bit better , being a known stranger in this completely lonely place . The first time in days I was glad I'm talking to people. But I didn't say that out loud.
" So , Susan , Lucy , Edmund and Peter " I said addressing them one by one , " How do we get out of here ? " I asked hopefully . Maybe they'll take me in their group and we'll travel to Earth or Narnia Hogwarts or whatever.
" We don't , Aslan does. He's the high ruler of Narnia and i'm pretty sure he sent us here. " Lucy said.
Aslan ? Now it makes sense . I saw him before I ended up here. I cheered up a bit. Maybe he will get me .. us back.
" And Aslan's a strong man with brown - blond hair in his twenties. ? Right ? " I was so perked up . This could be a real adventure . And then when i'll have my share of a wonderful life in the Black and Blue land , I'll just ask him to send me back. But not back to my depressions. I frowned at the thought.
" No... he's a Lion " Peter said,
" Fuck what ?! " I screamed .
